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Nitrogen in the Home Landscape

Amy Shober andAlexander Reisinger

Release Date: 8/28/2022

Reviewed At: 10/28/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-ss479-2022

Water Resources

Abstract

This document helps homeowners understand how N interacts in the environment through the nitrogen cycle, making maintenance of home landscapes or gardens easier and more sustainable. This document is SL 254, one of a series of the Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date January 2008. Revised March 2011 and August 2022.

About this Publication

This document is SL 254, one of a series of the Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date January 2008. Revised March 2011 and August 2022. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication. 

How to Cite

Shober, A. L., & Reisinger, A. J. (2022). Nitrogen in the Home Landscape. EDIS, 2022(4). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ss479-2022

Authors

Amy Shober
Amy Shober
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University of Delaware

professor and Extension specialist, nutrient management, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, former associate professor, Center for Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center

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Alexander Reisinger
Alexander Reisinger
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University of Florida

associate professor of urban soil and water quality, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, and state Extension specialist, Center for Land Use Efficiency, Program for Resource Efficient Communities

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